I wish I could sing…

I have been told so many times by so many people that ‘of course you can sing!’ Well, yes, if I’m on my own I can tra-lala along, but even singing on my own I wander off the tune or get muddled with the rhythm, singing with anyone else is impossible! Singing ‘happy birthday’… unless it’s to my family when I just drone along, I always mime. Today I was at a Christmas part and we sang ‘The twelve days of Christmas’ and I started enthusiastically but before I’d even finished what was given on the first day I had segued into some completely different key; by the time I got to ‘five golden rings’ I was miming.

There are various programmes such as the series with Gareth Malone the charismatic choir master in which he gets beautiful music from random people… I would be the one making the tea, collecting the song sheets and putting away the music stands. If i ever had enough money, I would take singing lessons, just so I could sing ‘Happy Birthday’ and ‘The twelve days of Christmas’… but fortunate teacher that I employed, they would make a fortune out of me!